news1, news2, news3 - The famous force9 news servers, often they werent working but IIRC news3 was the more reliable one. And since we are on news servers the move from Worksop apparently didn't go as smoothly as what was hoped, with the news server being in Nick Lott's car boot and said car then stuck at a roundabout, it kept force9.social.chat busy with banter for a while (mostly on news3 ;-p ).from bud, see "PlusNet Past" thread here

Password Recovery - if you should forget your password, you can now get it e-mailed to you automatically. - see related support pages: Force9: here * FreeOnline: here * PlusNet: hereguides provided by the WPMT

PC - Personal Computerfrom Penny

PDF - Portable Document Format. PDF is a platform independent standard developed by Adobe in the early 1990s. The format has become popular for distributing documents where preserving the original layout is important e.g. manuals, e-books etc. To view a PDF document requires Adobe Reader or similar software. Many tools exist to create PDF files. A good freeware one is PrimoPDF.from mr_chris

.RADIUS - Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service, an authentication and accounting system used by many Internet Service Providers (ISPs). When you dial in to the ISP you must enter your username and password. This information is passed to a RADIUS server, which checks that the information is correct, and then authorizes access to the ISP system.definition by JBailey

RWIN - Receive Window: Value that defines the maximum size of data that can be received before having to send an acknowledgement (ACK) packet. Increased RWIN can increase data transmission speeds over high speed, high latency links, however where there are frequent errors in the data, slowdowns will be more noticeable.definition by mr_chris

Service Status Updates by e-mail - you can sign up for Service Status updates to be sent to you by e-mail on the UserTools page here.from mr_chris/Penny

SLA - Service Level Agreementfrom dhookham

SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocolfrom kitz

SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocolfrom kitz

SNR - Signal to Noise Ratio (often wrongly used to mean SNR Margin - SNR is the amount of signal on a line relative to the amount of electrostatic noise, expressed in decibels (dB). A SNR Margin is the number of dB above the "true" SNR required to maintain a connection. E.g. the line may require 36dB of SNR to sync. The current SNR may be 40dB. This equates to a SNR margin of +4dB. It is possible for the SNR margin to drop below zero, but this often results in the line dropping and resyncing.definition by mr_chris

Telephone Preference Service - If you do not wish to receive unsolicited telemarketing calls, register online at www.tpsonline.org.uk or call 020 7766 4420. from the WPMT

Telephone Support: for Force 9, Free-Online and PlusNet see article on PUG website here for 0845 support numbers, or here for geographical support numbers.for MN (Metronet) Support see MN Support Tel. Nos. here(references individually attributed)

Upstream and downstream - sending of data - brief details - see related support pages: hereguides provided by the WPMT

URL - Uniform Resource Locator (web address)from Penny

USB - Universal Serial Busfrom Penny

Usenet - "Usenet is one of the oldest computer network communications systems still in widespread use. It was established in 1980 following experiments the previous year, over a decade before the World Wide Web was introduced and the general public was admitted to the Internet." - comprehensive info about Usenet on line herefrom Penny